wizened C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction Also spelled weazened US /ˈwɪzənd/ UK /ˈwɪzənd/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like weasand /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Freq #87060 Meanings 1 adj Dried up and covered in wrinkles, usually because of old age. The wizened old farmer had spent his whole life working in the sun. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · dried up and covered in... shriveled Etymology AI details From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna. wisenen Middle English wisnian Old English *wisnōjaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # wizened **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈwɪzənd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwɪzənd/ **Frequency rank:** 87060 ## Meanings 1. Dried up and covered in wrinkles, usually because of old age. ## Examples - The wizened old farmer had spent his whole life working in the sun. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: wisenen - Root: wisnian - Root: *wisnōjaną ## Etymology From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna. ## AI Etymology Wizened is from wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna. In present-day use, it means dried up and covered in wrinkles, usually because of old age. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown